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Fake Ferraris for sale in Italy
Fake Guccis, faux Rolexes -- these are items you see for sale on Italian streets everywhere. But fake Ferraris? Reuters reports that Italian police broke up a ring "selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of the real price," or as little as 20,000 euros. The police also suggest that those buying the cars knew they were buying fakes.
So how did the salesmen pull it off? How do you actually build a fake Ferrari? Police say that the car body workers were "very able," and cobbled together "mostly fake parts and a few original components." They then modified the body parts to resemble Ferrari classics, such as one (the 328 Gtb) that went out of production in 1980.
Do you think you could tell a real Ferrari from a fake? Better yet, would you buy a fake one?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
paul Feb 28th 2008 3:58PM
If I were into fancy cars - which I'm not - I'd probably buy a fake one. The problem, of course, is you could never re-sell it without getting into trouble.
Diane Mar 6th 2008 12:00AM
In the early 60's a very good friend of ours had a Ferrari...the real thing. We were on a joy ride in the N. Ca. area and broke down in the middle of no where and tried to get the mechanic to use baby oil to fix the problem... the problem escapes me now... Of course they wouldn't even attempt to work on a Ferrari! Some how we made back to civilazion. It seems very strange to me to see fake ones(Ferrari's) out there...a sign of the times... I like the real thing!!!!
CI MOM
Daniel Nov 3rd 2008 11:46AM
As a large on-line seller of Genuine Ferrari parts, we actually see quite a bit of this stuff at Ricambi America. When people are building replicas or 'fakes', they usually need certain critical original Ferrari parts to make the creation 'appear' correct. Whether it is a shift knob, carbon fiber piece, nose emblem, or exterior mirror, we sell quite of few original Ferrari parts to customers who even acknowledge the item is for a 'recreation'.
We keep full exploded diagrams of all modern Ferraris on our website, www.ricambiamerica.com (look under "Visual Parts Diagrams"), and that is how most folks determine which Ferrari parts they need for their car.
Kindly,
Daniel
Daniel Nov 3rd 2008 11:47AM
As a large on-line seller of Genuine Ferrari parts, we actually see quite a bit of this stuff at Ricambi America. When people are building replicas or 'fakes', they usually need certain critical original Ferrari parts to make the creation 'appear' correct. Whether it is a shift knob, carbon fiber piece, nose emblem, or exterior mirror, we sell quite of few original Ferrari parts to customers who even acknowledge the item is for a 'recreation'.
We keep full exploded diagrams of all modern Ferraris on our website, http://www.ricambiamerica.com (look under "Visual Parts Diagrams"), and that is how most folks determine which Ferrari parts they need for their car.
Kindly,
Daniel